Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 30-8-2024 — Melbourne

30th August, 2024: Melbourne.

Right … Fridays … !

It’s a day for fun, laughter, stuff, and — possibly — frolics.

Or, if you’re me, taking another shot of Mounjaro.

Quite why the stuff leaves me with the jitters?

I really don’t know!

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JUST in case you wondered … ?

Yes: my nephew, Jude, was over, last night!

As well as managing another video … ?

We managed to have an exciting adventure in Sainbury’s.

Buying kale for Mikey the Rabbit.

It’s a bit of a social whirl … !

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five and Mum on three.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        Melbourne was founded on 30th August.   Of which year of the 1830s?

Q2)        In which country: Australia, South Africa or New Zealand?

Q3)        It’s the second most populous city in the country.   What’s the most populous?

Q4)        The country Melbourne is in, is divided up into six states.   Melbourne is in which of those states?

Q5)        Finally … ?   On the Beach is partly set in Melbourne.   Who wrote On the Beach: Thomas Keneally, Neville Shute or Leonard Mann?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Electromagnetic induction was discovered on 29th August.   In which year of the 1830s?

A1)        1831.

Q2)        By who: James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Faraday or Charles Darwin?

A2)        Micheal Faraday.

Q3)        The discovery shows you can generate an EMF in an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic what: field, force or fulcrum?

A3)        A changing magnetic field.

Q4)        More to the point, an EMF, in this case, is an electromotive what: field, force or fulcrum?

A4)        Electromotive force.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The experiment that generated the EMF used two copper wires wrapped around an iron what: ring, cylinder or cube?

A5)        Ring.

Here’s a thought …

“The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay …”.

From the Wikipedia entry on Melbourne.

A song …

Here’s an earworm …


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        I can remember seeing my first hologram, Debbi: in the Science Museum, in London.   It didn’t seem very fancy, at the time, and left me wondering what the fuss was about.   These days, they’re on every UK bank note.